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DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO BEE CULTURE. 



Vol. XIII. Chicago, Illinois, December, 1877. No. 12. 



Editor's laWc. 



i^Eubber companies use a large 

 :amount of beeswax, in giving polish to 

 hard rubber. 



1^ An error was made on page 367 

 of last issue. Mr. Betsinger claims to 

 be the first inventor of a sectional box 

 — not hive. 



i^On JSTov. 16th, Messrs. Thurber 

 sold 100 barrels of honey and sent it to 

 Bremen, containing 4,168 gallons net. 

 It was sold for $4,042.96. 



1^ Friend Chapman reports that he 

 finds an increased demand for extrac- 

 tors. As soon as the " scare " about 

 imimre honey is over, extractors will be 

 in lively demand, and at much better 

 prices. 



1^ We are assured that not 1,000 lbs. 

 of strictly white comb honey can be 

 found in the whole city of ISTew York. 

 We must next year get more light 

 comb honey, and try to supply the de- 

 mand now created. 



1^ Friend Sonne, of Sigel, 111., has 

 made a small model of his hive, and it 

 is added to our museum for the inspec- 

 tion of visitors. We have also added 

 to our museum the crate used by Capt. 

 Hetherington; the boxes used by G. M. 

 Doolittle, and the Centennial hive 

 made by Dr. Worrall. 



1^ We have received a small box of 

 teasel seed and some teasel heads as 

 they are cut for the market, from 

 friend G. M. Doolittle. The plant 

 grows about 4 feet high, and has from 

 6 to 12 heads on each plant. It takes 2 

 years to perfect the plant. Friend 

 Doolittle remarks that there are none 

 nearer to his apiary than 11 miles. 



Friend W. J. Andrews has been re- 

 elected to the office of Alderman at 

 Columbia, Tenn., by a handsome vote. 



W In selecting your list of Periodi- 

 cals for next year, look over our club- 

 bing list. It will save money to send 

 us your orders for the whole. 



1^ Friend Muth, of Cincinnati, says 

 "Extracted honey is getting into better 

 demand every day. We have never 

 sold as much before, as we have this 

 season." 



i^A woodpecker bored a hole in the 

 spire of a church in Jackson, Miss., 

 last spring, and made its nest within 

 it. In the summer, however, a swarm 

 of bees flew to the spire, drove out the 

 woodpecker, and have since filled the 

 interior with honey. And now man, 

 the sovereign dispoiler, has discovered 

 the hoard, and resolved to exhibit the 

 spire, with its novel contents, at the 

 State Fair. 



1^" We have printed the "Address to 

 the Public," adopted by the late Na- 

 tional Convention, and sent a copy of 

 it to local papers all over the country, 

 asking them to insert it. If our friends 

 will call on the editors of their local 

 papers, and request its publication 

 they will be helping the cause along. 

 If the copy has been mislaid or lost, 

 send us a postal card, and we will send 

 another. 



1^ Centennial awards are confusing. 

 Several of our correspondents wish to 

 know how it is that two awards of 

 diplomas were given to extractors, etc. 

 This is the secret of the whole affair: 

 Each article on exhibition received a 

 diploma or medal of some kind. There 

 were no second awards— all were first 

 awards. Ko one receiving any special 

 honor over a competitor. This is the 

 milk of the cocoa-nut. 



